This study investigated the influence of spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON) tendency on the performance and estimation patterns on number line estimation (NLE). To examine this question, 147 preschoolers (3.51–4.52 years) completed two types of SFON task (referenced SFON task and non‐referenced SFON task) and three conditions of NLE (non‐symbolic area, number‐to‐position, and position‐to‐number). The participants' SFON tendencies were classified as high, average, and poor using latent profile analysis. Children with high SFON tendency performed better and preferred to use more advanced strategy than their poor‐SFON peers on NLE tasks. The proportion of children with irregular NLE pattern increased as SFON tendency decreased. These findings contribute to our understanding of the relationship between performance patterns of different NLEs and SFON tendencies for preschool children.

中文翻译：

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在自发集中于数字倾向的学龄前儿童中，数量模式中的表现模式和策略使用

这项研究调查了自发专注于数字（SFON）趋势对性能和数字线估计（NLE）估计模式的影响。为了研究这个问题，147名学龄前儿童（3.51-4.52岁）完成了两种类型的SFON任务（参考SFON任务和未参考的SFON任务）和三个NLE条件（非符号区域，数字到位置和位置- to-number）。使用潜在特征分析将参与者的SFON倾向分为高，中和差。SFON倾向高的孩子在NLE任务上表现较那些SFON差的同伴更好，并且倾向于使用更高级的策略。随着SFON趋势的降低，具有不规则NLE模式的儿童比例增加。